UNLOADING APPARATUS CONTROLLER FOR AGRICULTURAL HARVESTING MACHINES

摘要

A controller (12) for a movable unloading apparatus (1) of an agricultural harvesting machine, wherein the movable unloading apparatus (1) is configured to direct crop material (3) from the agricultural harvesting machine to a container (4) driven in the vicinity of the agricultural harvesting machine, and wherein the controller is configured to receive image data representative of a stream (3) of crop material as it passes from the unloading apparatus (1) to the container (4); process the image data in order to determine a shape of the stream (3) of crop material in the image data; and set an attribute of the unloading apparatus (1) in accordance with the determined shape of the stream of crop material in order to direct the crop material (3) from the unloading apparatus (1) to the container (4).